[Hammarlund] Newbie HQ-180A Owner Needs Help!

[Bob Camp]

Hi,

A few ideas:

1) Outside is better than inside the house for antennas.

2) Longer (bigger) is better.

3) Higher (up in the air) is better.

Simply put a 300 foot chunk of wire up about thirty feet makes a good 
antenna no matter how you feed it. Five feet of wire out the back of 
the radio works, but not as well.

Unless you have a lot of computer noise in the immediate vicinity I 
would tick with wire into the radio rather than coax.

Wire antennas are cheap. Try a couple and see what works ...

	Enjoy!

		Bob Camp




On Mar 28, 2004, at 8:24 PM, Gordon W. Sievers wrote:

> I just acquired a HQ-180A at a thrift store that is in excellent 
> condition.
> I originally purchased it to
> use as a case for a retro-look mod computer. Don't worry, once I did a
> little research on what I had found, it
> will be staying a receiver. My problem is that I am totally new to 
> this. I
> have ordered a copy of the huge manual
> (80 pages I think) and want to get it working again. It looks like it 
> is all
> there including a working clock and
> the extra purple knob noise limiter option. My main question is with 
> antenna
> choice. What would be the best (read that as easiest and
> most economical) antenna I could set up for this rig that might allow 
> me to
> hear something?
> What is the best antenna hookup method to use (Coax or the A A G 
> screws)?
> Any recommendations on restoration/refurbishing books? Any advice for 
> what
> to start on in the refurbishing/cleaning process?
>
> Thanks for any advice anyone can provide!
>
>
> Gordon Sievers
>
>
>
>
>
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